tmux

Sessions Commands

Manage terminal sessions with tmux. Learn to create, attach, and organize persistent terminal sessions.

12 commands

Pro Tips

Name sessions: 'tmux new -s project' makes them easier to manage and identify.

Use 'tmux attach -t session' to reconnect to a session, or 'tmux a' for the last session.

Commands

Attach to session

$ tmux attach -t mysession

Attach to existing session

Attach to last session

$ tmux attach

Attach to most recent session

Detach from session

$ Ctrl+b d

Detach from current session

Kill all sessions

$ tmux kill-server

Kill tmux server and all sessions

Kill session

$ tmux kill-session -t mysession

Destroy a session

List sessions

$ tmux ls

List all tmux sessions

New detached session

$ tmux new -d -s mysession

Create new session without attaching

New session

$ tmux new -s mysession

Create new named session

Next session

$ Ctrl+b )

Switch to next session

Previous session

$ Ctrl+b (

Switch to previous session

Rename session

$ Ctrl+b $

Rename current session

Switch sessions

$ Ctrl+b s

Show session list and switch